Bottle



J. M. KENNEDY BOTTLE Filed Nov. 2. 1931 Patented Dec. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT ori ce;

BOTTLE I Joseph M. Kennedy, St. Louis, Mo; Application November 2, 1931. Serial No. 572,502 4 Claims. (01. 215-57,)

This invention relates generally to bottles and but showing the bottle after it has been i re? more specifically to an improved bottle provided turned to its upright position after the tipping with means for measuring predetermined operation illustrated in Figure 2" and after the amounts of liquid therefrom, the predominant position of the'cork of the bottlehasbeen al- 5 object of the invention being to provide a bottle tered; I v 69 of this type which is so constructed that it will Figure-dis 'a View similar to Figures 1, 2-,'-and not be necessary for the user of the bottle to be 3 illustrating the manner in which the measured provided with aspoon or other measuring device liquid is withdrawn 'from the measuring well or. for the purpose of measuring predetermined compartment; and

amounts of the liquid contents from the bottle. Figure '5 is a plan view of the improved bot- 65" As is'quite generally known, medicines and tle. otherliquids which are dispensed inbottlesusu- "In'the drawing, wherein is shown for the purally are used by withdrawing predetermined pose of 'illustration'merely' one embodiment of amounts of the liquid from the bottles, in the theinvention, A designates my improved bottle case of medicines these amounts ordinarilybegenerally, said bottle comprising abody portion 79.":

ing in doses of one spooniul or more of the B and a neck portion C. The body portion B of medicine. It frequently happens that the user of the bottle A is constructed in the manner comsuch a bottle is not provided with a spoon, as men to bottles of thetype to which this inventioiif in the home the spoons may be in-a remote part of relates, and, therefore, in the drawing the lower the house, while in the case of a person who is portion of said body portion has been broken 7|.

required to carry a bottle of medicine about on awayto conserve space. his person a speed is seldom at hand, because of The neck portion Got the bottle Aisso formed the inconvenience of carrying and using the that a measuring well or compartment l is prosame. V vided' This measuring well or compartment 1 is To obviate the necessity that a person be proformed by bulging the wall of the neck portion 80;

vided with a spoon of :the proper size for meas- C; of the bottle outwardly,as shownin the'd'rawuring out amounts of liquid'in abottle, rhave ing, and preferably'the measuring well or corndevised 'the bottle disclosed 'he'rein, which, briefly partment is of greater dimension in the direcstated, is :provided with a' measuringcomparb tion of the width of the bottle than it is in the ment; which' communicates with .the interior directionfoi the depthof said-bottle, as'shown of the neck portion of the bottle. In useythe. clearly inuFlgure 5. In this respect, the shape bottle is tipped so as to cause-the measuring of {the measuring well orconipartmentl-iollows well or compartmentto receive liquid from the the-horizontal sectional shape of the body porbody portion of thebottle, after which an ad: tion B of'thebottle, which, as shown in Figure justable cork is movedand the bottle is re- 5,' is offgreater width than depth. The "cavity turned to its upright position to'causethe main 1' within the integrally formed measuring well" body of liquid in the bottleto be returned to the or compa-rtment'is' in direct communication'with body portion of the bottle. In this manner, a the interior of the body portion B of the bottle small body of liquid is trapped in the measurthrough the instrumentality of the passageway 40 in'g'well or compartment and segregated from through the lower portionof the neck portion 0. the remainder of the'liquid within the bottle. A portion of the-neck portion C of the bottle The user may then pour out the contents of, extends above the measuring well or compartthe measuring well or compartment into a mentl, and this portion of said neck portion receptatcle or may raise the bottle to the lips is provided withexternal screwthreads 2,which 45 and discharge the contents of the-measuring serve a purpose tobe hereinafter mentioned) well or compartment into the mouth, whereby Extendedinto the neck portion C of the bottle, a predetermined amount or theliquid will be so that .it normally'passesthroughthe measure taken. r ing well or compartment-1, is a-closureelement Figure l is a vertical section of the upper por- 3, which is formed of cork or any other suitable. 59 tion of a bottle constructedin accordance with material; The closure element 3 is ofelongated this invention; v p r form, and preferablyis of circular:cross section,

I Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showas indicated in Figured. The upper portion 'ofing the bottle when it has been tipped to 'fill the closure elementis separated'from the main the measuring well or compartment; body of said closure element by an -annular ,de-

5 Figure 3 is a view 'similar to'Figure's 1 and2; pression-orgroove 4, so as to providewgripping The wall of the lower portion of the neck portion C of the bottle A is provided with a tapered inner face, as indicated at 7, so that the passageway through said lower portion of said neck portion tapers from one diameter at the top of said portion to a slightly smaller diameter at the lower end of said portion. Also, the closure ele-.

ment 3 is provided with a lower portion 3, which substantially corresponds in shape and dimen sions to the shape and dimensions of the passageway referred to. When the closure element 3 is in the position where it seals thebody portion of the bottle so as to prevent the loss of any of the contents thereof, the portion 3 of said closure element is firmly located in the tapered passageway formed through the lowerportion of the neck portion 0, as shown in Figure 1. It will be noted that the passageway 8 through the upper portion of the neck portion of the bottle is of greater diameter than-the closure element; hence anannular liquid discharge opening or passageway is present between the wall of the passageway 8 and the circumferential face of the closure element. Also, when the closure element is in its bottle-sealing position, as illustrated in Figure l, I provide a removable bottle cap 9, which embraces the upper portion of the closure element and is provided-with screwthreads that engage the screwthreads 2 at the top of the neck portion of the bottle.

When my improved bottle is not in use, it is disposed in an upright position, as illustrated in Figure 1, and the closure element 3 is arranged in the position shown so as to close the lower portion of the neck portion of the bottle and prevent passage of liquid from the body portion of the bottle.

Assuming now that it is desired to withdraw from the bottle a predetermined amount of the liquid contained therein, the bottle will be tilted slightly and the closure element will be moved outwardly, as indicated in Figure 2, so as to remove the portion 3' of said closure element from the tapered passageway in the lower portion of the neck portion of the bottle. This will permit liquid in the body portion of the bottle to flow into the measuring well or compartment 1, and when an amount of liquid sui'ficient to fill the lowermost portion of the measuring well or compartment 1 has passed into said measuring well or compartment, the closure element 3 is moved inwardly, so that the portion 3 of said closure element closes the passageway through the lower portion of the neck portion of the bottle. With the closure element so positioned, the liquid which passed into the measuring well or compartment 1 of the bottle is trapped therein, as illustrated in Figure 3, and, because of the annular opening between the wall of the opening 8 in the upper portion of the neck portion of the bottle and the circumferential face of the closure element 3, the liquid within-said measuring well or'compartment may be poured therefrom into areceptacle, or the upper end of the neck porrepresent precisely a teaspoon of liquid.

to pass into said measuring well or compartment from the body portion of the bottle fills the lower portion of the measuring well or compartment to the level of the lowermost point of the passageways through the upper and lower neck portions when the bottle is held in a substantially horizontal position, such amount of liquid will This is true whether the bottle is held so that the greater dimension a or the lesser dimension 2) of the measuring well or compartment is disposed in a substantially vertical position, as, if the lesser dimension 2; of the measuring well or compartment is disposed in the vertical position, the proper volume of liquid will be trapped in the relatively'shallow lower portion of the measuring well or compartment, due to said trapped liquid being in the form of a body of liquid of greater area.

By shaping the measuring well or compartment 1 as shown in Figure 5, and arranging said measuring well or compartment with respect to the body portion ofthe bottle, as shown in said view, the bottle may be held so that the lesser dimension D of the bottle is vertical when the amount of liquid within the body portion of the bottle has been greatly reduced. In this manner the final amount of liquid may be drained into the measuring well or compartment from the body portion of the bottle without tipping the bottle to such an angle that the liquid would pass through the opening 8 before the proper amount of liquid has been measured in the measuring well or compartment.

The closure element 3 is provided with a rounded face 3 which may be placed against the upper lip when liquid is being discharged from the measuring well or compartment into the mouth, as in this manner the bottle neck is properly positioned with respect to the month. Also, this rounded face 3 permits of the closure element being pressed against the upper lip without discomfort, in order to move said closure element to one side of the opening 8, and thus increase the size of the discharge passageway through which the liquid is discharged. Furthermore, because of the shape of the rounded face 3 a user of the bottle may discharge liquid into his mouth without tilting his head backward to an uncomfortable degree, and the shoulder at the top of the annular groove 4,wi1l serve to prevent liquid from traveling longitudinally along the closure element toward the outer end thereof, and will deflect the liquid into the mouth of the user of the bottle. An important feature of the invention is that the neck of the bottle does not come into contact with the mouth of the user of the bottle when measured liquid is being discharged directly into the mouth. Instead the outer end of the closure element is caused to contact with the upper lip above the mouth, whereby such use. of the bottle is rendered more sanitary.

It is obvious that if desired the wall of the measuring well 1 may be' provided with markings which would indicate the proper levels of the liquid therein to obtain predetermined amounts of liquid.

The cap 9 is of such size that it may be employed as a measuring receptacle into which portionsof the contents of the bottle may be poured for measuring said portions, when for any reason it is notdesired to employ the measuring well 1. Also'the cap'9 may be provided with markings to indicate the levels of predetermined amounts of liquid.

While I have described the contents of my improved bottle as liquid it is to be understood that such contents may be any free running substances which might be conveniently sold in bottles.

I claim:

1. A bottle including a body portion and a neck portion having a discharge mouth at the outer end thereof, a measuring well arranged in communication with said body portion through the instrumentality of a passageway, and a closure element extended through said measuring well and provided with a portion which seals said passageway between the body portion of the bottle and the measuring well, said closure element being extended through the mouth of the bottle to a point outside of said bottle so as to provide a portion of said closure element which may be grasped and manually manipulated by a user of the bottle.

2, A bottle including a body portion and a neck portion, a measuring well forming a part of said neck portion and arranged in communication with said body portion through the instrumentality of a passageway formed through a portion of said neck portion, a closure element extended through said measuring well and provided with a portion which seals said passageway between the body portion of the bottle and the measuring well, said measuring well being provided with a discharge opening through which said closure element passes and which is suficiently larger than the cross-sectionaldimension of said closure member to provide a liquid discharge space between the wall of said opening and the face of said closure element,

and a gripping portion associated with said closure element.

3. A bottle including a body portion and a neck portion, a measuring well forming a part of said neck portion and arranged in communication with said body portion through the instrumentality of a passageway formed through a portion of said neck portion, a closure element extended through said measuring well and provided with a portion which. seals said passageway between the body portion of the bottle and the measuring well, said measuring well being provided with a discharge opening through which said closure element passes and which is sufi'iciently larger than the cross-sectional dimension of said closure member to provide a liquid discharge space between the wall of said opening and the face of said closure element, and a gripping portion associated with said closure element and extended outwardly beyond said measuring well.

4. A bottle including a body portion and a neck portion, a measuring well forming a part of said neck portion and arranged in communication with said body portion through the in- ,strumentality, of a passageway formed through a portionof said neck portion, a closure element extended through said measuring well and pro- .vided witha portion which seals said passageway between the body portion of the" bottle and the measuring well, said measuring well being provided with a discharge opening through which said closure element passes and which is sufii'cientiy larger than the cross-sectional dimension of said closure member to provide a liquid discharge space between the wall of said portion and arranged to embrace the extended gripping portion of said closure element.

JOSEPH M. KENNEDY. 

